Jacqueline Curtet

Jacqueline Curtet (born 9 May 1955 in Toulouse) is a French former athlete, who specialized in the long jump.

Jacqueline Curtet
Personal information
Nationality France
Born9 May 1955 (1955-05-09) (age 65)
Toulouse
Sport
Event(s)Long jump

Curtet took third in the long jump at the 1975 European Cup held in Nice.[1] In 1977, she won the gold medal at the Summer Universiade at Sofia, Bulgaria, with a jump of 6.38 m.[2] She was a three-time participant at the European Athletics Indoor Championships, her best finish being fourth in 1978.[3]

She won three outdoor French national long jump titles and six French national indoor titles. She improved three times the French record in the long jump, establishing successively 6.57 m in 1977 and 6.58 m and 6.62 m in 1978. She also held the French national record in the 4 × 100 m relay.

Her mother Yvonne Curtet was a former French long jump champion and also shared the honour of breaking the French record and representing France at the European Athletics Championships. They were the first mother/daughter combination to have competed in the same event at the European Championships.[4]

After retiring from the sport she married and took the name Jacky Fréchet.

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1975 European Cup Nice, France 3rd Long jump 6.36 m
1976 European Indoor Championships Munich, West Germany 6th Long jump 6.25 m
1977 European Indoor Championships San Sebastián, Spain 8th Long jump 6.19 m
Universiade Sofia, Bulgaria 1st Long jump 6.38 m
1978 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 4th Long jump 6.44 m
European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 9th Long jump 6.24 m

National titles
  • French Championships in Athletics
    • Long jump: 1974, 1976, 1978[5]
  • French Indoor Championships in Athletics
    • Long jump: 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981[6]

Personal records
Event Performance Location Date
Long jump Outdoors 6.62 m Paris, France 23 July 1978
Indoors 6.52 m Vittel, France 11 February 1978

References
  1. European Cup (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-13.
  2. Summer Universiade (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-13.
  3. Jacqueline Curtet. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2016-03-13.
  4. Villaseñor, Miguel (2012). European Championships Miscellaneous. RFEA. Retrieved on 2016-03-13.
  5. French Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-13.
  6. French Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-03-13.
  • Docathlé 2003, pages 42, 43, 175, 214 et 397, FFA.



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